Hillary Clinton Urges Supporters To ‘Fight for Our Values’

After days of President-elect Donald Trump calling for a united approach to solve the problems of America, defeated presidential candidate Hillary Clinton called on her supporters to “fight for our values.”

Clinton, who has blamed her loss on the actions of the FBI in investigating her email scandal, said that her loss means the nation was torn.

“The divisions laid bare by this election run deep, but please listen to me when I say this. America is worth it, our children are worth it,” she said at a Children’s Defense Fund event.

“Believe in our country, fight for our values and never, ever give up,” said Clinton, who has not responded to calls for her to urge those protesting Trump’s election to stop their divisive protests and work to promote a smooth transition.

Clinton, who was described as being in an “uncontrollable rage” last week when she learned she had lost an election that polls said she was sure to win, told those at the event how hard her life has been since her defeat.

“There have been times this past week when all I wanted to do was just to curl up with a good book or our dogs, and never leave the house again,” she said.

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“I know many of you are deeply disappointed by the results of the election. I am too, more than I can ever express,” Clinton added.

Clinton urged those attending to remain part of the political process.

“For the sake of our children, and our families and our country, I ask you to stay engaged, stay engaged on every level,” Clinton said, later noting that America is “still the place where anyone can beat the odds.”

As Clinton was depicting herself as the ally of needy children, her former rival for the Democratic presidential nomination, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., was depicting her as the puppet of Wall Street.

“At the end of the day, politically you have to make a decision: Which side are you on?” Sanders asked in a speech at George Washington University.

“Can you go out and raise substantial sums of money from the wealthy and Wall Street and other powerful special interests, and then convince the American people that you are on the side of workers and the middle class?”

Sanders said he is with the workers, not the bankers.

“That’s a fundamental difference that exists between Bill and Hillary Clinton and myself,” Sanders said.